Set Up Social Channels For Sharing Visualizations

Set up social channels, such as Slack, X, and LinkedIn to make it easy for content authors to share their data visualizations with others.

Topics:

• About Sharing Content on Social Channels
• Enable Workbook Users to Share Visualizations in LinkedIn
• Enable Workbook Users to Share Visualizations on Slack
• Enable Workbook Users to Share Visualizations in Microsoft Teams
• Enable Workbook Users to Share Visualizations on X (formerly Twitter)

About Sharing Content on Social Channels

Administrators can set up various social channels so that content authors can share their data visualizations on social platforms such as LinkedIn, Slack, and X (formerly Twitter).

Once set up, social channels are listed on the Export dialog for visualizations. For example, if you configure and activate Slack, users see an option to export their visualization to Slack when they click the Export icon.

For some social channels, such as LinkedIn, you must also set up public web storage.

Social Channel	Requires Public Web Storage
LinkedIn	Yes
Public Web Store	Yes
Slack	No
Teams (Microsoft)	No
X (formerly Twitter) - App	No
X (formerly Twitter) - Web Intent	Yes

Some social channels are displayed in inactive mode by default, for example, Public Web Store, and Slack, and others are hidden by default. When you set up social channels, you can set the status to one of the following:

Status	Description
Active	Display the social media option on the Export dialog. For example, you might display Slack or LinkedIn.
Inactive	Display the social media option on the Export dialog, for example, Slack or LinkedIn, but don't enable users to share content using it. When users select an inactive option, they see a message that advises them to contact their administrator.
Hidden	Don't display the social media option on the Export dialog, whether it's configured or not. For example, you might configure it ready for rollout but keep it hidden until a future date.

Enable Workbook Users to Share Visualizations in LinkedIn

Administrators can set up a LinkedIn channel in Oracle Analytics, so that content authors can share their data visualizations in the organization's LinkedIn feed.

1. Obtain the client ID and client secret values for the LinkedIn app that you want to use to share data visualizations.
   1. Open LinkedIn Developer Portal, that is linkedin.com/developers/apps.
   2. Click the app that you want to use.
   3. On the Authentication page, obtain the Client ID and Client Secret values.
2. Configure the LinkedIn channel in Oracle Analytics.
   1. In the Oracle Analytics Home page, click the Navigator, click Console, and then click Social.
   2. For Service, select LinkedIn.
   3. Change Status to Active.
   4. For Application Name, enter the name of the app that you set up in LinkedIn Developer Portal.
   5. For Client ID and Client Secret, enter the values that you obtained in LinkedIn Developer Portal (Step 1).
   6. Click Update.
   7. Click Copy to Clipboard to copy the redirect URL for Oracle Analytics.
3. In LinkedIn Developer Portal, configure the redirect URL for Oracle Analytics.
   1. Select the app that you want to use.
   2. On the App Details tab, click Edit and paste the clipboard content in the Authorized Redirect URLs field.
   3. Click Save.
4. If you haven't done so already, configure a public web storage container on Oracle Cloud that Oracle Analytics can use to share visualizations on LinkedIn.

   See Set Up a Public Container to Share Visualizations.

5. Verify you can share a visualization on the LinkedIn channel.
   1. In Oracle Analytics, open a workbook.
   2. On the Visualize or Narrate canvas, click the Export icon.
   3. Click LinkedIn.
   If you set up and activate the channel correctly, LinkedIn displays as an option on the Export menu.

Enable Workbook Users to Share Visualizations on Slack

Administrators can set up a Slack channel in Oracle Analytics, so that content authors can share their data visualizations on their organization's Slack app.

1. Obtain the client ID and client secret values for the Slack app that you want to use to share data visualizations.
   1. Open the Your Apps page in Slack, that is, https://api.slack.com/apps.
   2. Select the app that you want to use or create a new one.
   3. On the Basic Information tab, navigate to the App Credential section and obtain the Client ID and Client Secret values.
2. Configure the Slack app in Oracle Analytics.
   1. In the Oracle Analytics Home page, click the Navigator, click Console, and then click Social.
   2. For Service, select Slack.
   3. Change Status to Active.
   4. For Application Name, enter the name of the app that you set up in Slack.
   5. For Client ID and Client Secret, enter the values that you obtained in Slack (Step 1).
   6. Click Update.
   7. Click Copy to Clipboard to copy the redirect URL for Oracle Analytics.
3. In Slack, configure the callback URL for Oracle Analytics.
   1. Open the Your Apps page in Slack.
   2. Select the app that you want to use.
   3. On the Basic Information tab, click OAuth and Permissions.
   4. Click Add New Redirect URL, paste the clipboard content in the Redirect URL field, and click Add.
   5. Click Save URLs.
4. Verify you can share a visualization on the Slack channel.
   1. In Oracle Analytics, open a workbook.
   2. On the Visualize or Narrate canvas, click the Export icon.
   3. Click Slack.
   If you set up and activate the channel correctly, Slack displays as an option on the Export menu.

Enable Workbook Users to Share Visualizations on X (formerly Twitter)

Administrators can set up an X (formerly Twitter) channel in Oracle Analytics, so that content authors can share their data visualizations as a tweet on their organization's X feed.

You can set up content sharing through X in two ways:

• X App - Share content through a predefined X app, as described in this topic. Oracle recommends this approach.

• Web Intent - Share content on X through a public web link. For this mode of integration, you must set up and configure public web storage. See Set Up a Public Container to Share Visualizations.

To enable Oracle Analytics to share data visualization workbooks through your organization’s X app:

1. Obtain the client ID and client secret values for the X app that you want to use to share data visualizations.
   1. Open X Application Manager, for example developer.twitter.com.
   2. Click the app that you want to use for tweets.
   3. On the Keys and Tokens tab, obtain the Consumer Key and Consumer Secret Key values.
   4. On the Permissions tab, select Read, write, and direct messages.
2. Configure the X channel in Oracle Analytics.
   1. In the Oracle Analytics Home page, click the Navigator, click Console, and then click Social.
   2. For Service, select Twitter.
   3. Change Status to Active.
   4. For Application Name, enter the name of the app that you set up in X Application Manager.
   5. For Client ID and Client Secret, enter the Consumer Key and Consumer Secret values that you obtained in X Application Manager (Step 1).
   6. Click Update.
   7. Click Copy to Clipboard to copy the redirect URL for Oracle Analytics.
3. In X Application Manager, configure the callback URL for Oracle Analytics.
   1. In X Application Manager, click the app to use for tweets.
   2. On the App Details tab, click Edit and paste the clipboard content in the Callback URL field.
   3. Click Save.
4. Verify you can share a visualization on the X channel.
   1. In Oracle Analytics, open a workbook.
   2. On the Visualize or Narrate canvas, click the Export icon.
   3. Click Twitter.
   If you set up and activate the channel correctly, Twitter displays as an option on the Export menu.